Family and friends are mourning the loss of Elijah Coggins, the teen who was killed after being hit by a car Tuesday night.

Last year was the deadliest on record for pedestrians in Clark County, where 78 people were fatally struck by vehicles on public roads, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the state Office of Traffic Safety.

Motorists continued to dodge orange cones and discovered alternate routes amid the multiple road and freeway construction projects in 2017.